Origami Stars

Have you ever made a wish and hoped for it to come true? Have you ever felt as though you needed a little luck? Then you'll love these origami stars! The fun idea behind these stars is that each one contains a wish of your own, or you could make them when you need a little luck. Then you keep making them until your container is full. Your wishes come true or you get lucky once the container is filled! You decide their purpose, but they are still a fun activity that anyone of any age can make.

Problem Statement: What kind of paper stars are the most efficient to make?

Constraints: Constraints for making these stars would be; limited knowledge, and lack of materials like paper.

Problem Research: While researching my problem, I found many ways to make stars out of paper. There were many options available like puffy stars, thin stars, pointed stars, and stars that varied in size.

Brainstorming Ideas: There were many ideas I had for making these stars after researching the problem. Some ideas were that I could make small stars to fit the container, and another idea was that I could make softly rounded stars because they seemed simple to make.

Designing a Solution: A solution to the problem would be that the most efficient stars are ones that are small in size and have rounded corners.

Supplies you would need:

• Construction Paper: preferably 10-12 inches long
• Patterned Cardstock Paper
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Ruler

Take your construction paper and measure about half an inch. Then draw a vertical line across your paper.

Cut out along the line you drew then write your wish on that strip about 2 inches away from the corner.

Fold your strip into a similar shape like this, make sure the wish goes under.

Take the little piece on the right of your strip and put it into the loop that was made in the previous step. Then press it down flat.

The little piece that is now on the left should be folded inward, if the little piece is too long then cut some off to line up with the pentagon shape.

Turn over your strip so that the pentagon shape is facing downward and towards the bottom. Take the long strip and fold it over each edge at least once.

If there is some excess of the long strip that cannot cover another edge, take that piece and put it into the closest insert.

Press the middle of each edge inward with a ruler to create the star legs.

Once each edge has been pressed, turn it over and now you have a star!

Take your cardstock paper and measure out 20x20 cm then cut it out.

Fold your paper in half, and make sure the pattern you want is facing upward.

Take the top left corner and fold it towards the bottom middle of the paper. Then unfold it and take the bottom left corner and fold it towards the top middle of the paper.

Mark the creases that were created by the folds in the previous step with an X. Make sure that your paper is in rectangle form during this step. Then take the bottom right corner and fold it towards the marked X on the creases.

Take the piece you just folded in the previous step and fold it towards the right, then take the bottom left corner and fold it along the crease to create a right triangle and cone-like shape. Then fold that shape in half so only the cone is facing towards you.

After folding in half, your cone should look like the picture above. Then cut along the diagonal line on the triangle shape so what is left is just the triangle. Then unfold the triangle that should now look like a pentagon.

Draw a line like the depicted picture above. Then take the corner point under the drawn line and fold it upwards to create a long triangle. Make sure the triangle is centered. Continue drawing lines from one corner to the other to create a guide. Then keep on folding each corner point inward. The pentagon should get smaller and you should now see a star shape on your paper.

Continue the previous step of folding upwards and making triangles. Draw lines on each corner end if you need a guide to know where to fold. Your paper should look like the above picture where the pentagon shape got smaller and there is a visible star shape.

Turn your piece around, it should look like the first picture above. Then take the bottom corner and fold it upwards to create a triangle shape. Make sure that the bottom of the triangle is straight. Unfold that piece then continue folding with each corner.

Once you have folded each corner, the folds should create creases in form of a star like the picture above. Then pinch the middle of each edge inward following the creases. Define and even out the shape to your liking.

You now have a star bowl!